where to find information

[Ellen]

I've been trying to locate documentation on macro word commands. I ran
across a tip on the FixMe command and wanted to find out information on the
other commands available.

I had also worked with a technician from Microsoft about a year ago who had
me type some command that repeated a line of text x number of times (where x
is the number of lines you wanted to insert). I'd like to find out
information on this and any other helpful shortcuts when troubleshooting
problems in word.

Is this information available anywhere? I've done some searching but not
sure I'm using the right search criteria. It seems that Microsoft makes this
information difficult to find.

 

[Jay Freedman]

I've been trying to locate documentation on macro word commands. I
ran across a tip on the FixMe command and wanted to find out
information on the other commands available.

I had also worked with a technician from Microsoft about a year ago
who had me type some command that repeated a line of text x number of
times (where x is the number of lines you wanted to insert). I'd
like to find out information on this and any other helpful shortcuts
when troubleshooting problems in word.

Is this information available anywhere? I've done some searching but
not sure I'm using the right search criteria. It seems that
Microsoft makes this information difficult to find.

Hi Ellen,

Most or all of the information you're looking for is *somewhere* within the
combination of the Office help system, the MSDN and MS KnowledgeBase web
sites, and the MVPs web site. There are two problems in finding what you're
looking for: first, finding the right search terms, and second, that the
search algorithms in Help and the MS sites are dreadful. Fortunately, Google
does a much better job of indexing the MS sites than MS itself does.

For example, ask Google for the following search:

fixme office site:microsoft.com

and you'll find this page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/pjsdk/html/pjmthFixMe.asp

which explains that the FixMe command simply displays the same dialog you
get from the menu choice Help > Detect and Repair. Other commands are
similarly documented.

If you want to browse a list, visit
http://word.mvps.org/faqs/general/CommandsList.htm and download the
WordCommands file in either Excel or PDF form.

Troubleshooting procedures are available in a number of places. Start with
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ProbsOpeningWord.htm and the other
articles listed at http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ApplicationErrors.htm.

The "insert sample text" thing isn't really a command, it's a special
AutoCorrect item. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

For the answer to your second question, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting/DummyText.htm

The FixMe macro may be in one of the Support.dot templates, or it may have
been a custom macro.

 

[Ellen]

Suzanne,

I noticed this article was written by you. When I clicked on the link to
the KB article, it came up saying it could find the article. I also tried
searching on the original Q number but came up with nothing. I searched on
the title you listed and found it at this link.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;212251

I find that Microsoft has a habit of redoing their article locations and
have to redo bookmarks once I find where the article has been moved to.

Thanks for your response.

 

[Ellen]

Jay,

Thank you for the links. I use the detect and repair and wasn't sure if
this was another option. I find I have to change the criteria I'm using to
search to find information. Sometimes less is best or I find information I
looked for earlier when searching to resolve another issue. I do a lot of
bookmarking on hope that Microsoft doesn't change the location of the article.

Thanks again. - Ellen

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Thanks for the info. Yes, it is quite a challenge trying to keep links
updated. In this case it would appear that earlier "clone" articles for
various versions have been combined into one. Our Webmaster does his best,
I'm sure, but can't operate without information; I'll pass this along.